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unavoidably

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an unavoidable manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

by necessity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the situation slid inescapably toward disaster

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English unavoidable Middle English -ly English -ly English unavoidably From unavoidable + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onvermydelik — in an unavoidable manner
  • Albanian: pashmangshmërisht — in an unavoidable manner
  • Catalan: inevitablement — in an unavoidable manner
  • Czech: nevyhnutelně — in an unavoidable manner
  • Danish: uomgængeligt — in an unavoidable manner
  • French: inévitablement — in an unavoidable manner
  • French: inéluctablement — in an unavoidable manner
  • Georgian: გარდაუვალად (gardauvalad) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Greek: σίγουρα (sígoura) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Greek: αναπόδραστα (anapódrasta) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Greek: αναπόφευκτα (anapófefkta) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Greek: αναπότρεπτα (anapótrepta) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Hungarian: óhatatlanul — in an unavoidable manner
  • Hungarian: elkerülhetetlenül — in an unavoidable manner
  • Italian: inevitabilmente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Italian: impreteribilmente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Italian: inderogabilmente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Italian: imprescindibilmente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Italian: obbligatamente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Polish: nieuchronnie — in an unavoidable manner
  • Portuguese: inevitavelmente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Romanian: inevitabil — in an unavoidable manner
  • Russian: немину́емо (neminújemo) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Russian: неотврати́мо (neotvratímo) — in an unavoidable manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏избје̄жно — in an unavoidable manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: neizbježno — in an unavoidable manner
  • Spanish: inevitablemente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Spanish: ineludiblemente — in an unavoidable manner
  • Ukrainian: немину́че (nemynúče) — in an unavoidable manner